{"title":"C-3 zone in Cranbrook: Neighbourhood Commercial Zone","code":"C-3","slug":"c-3","name":"Neighbourhood Commercial Zone","group":"Commercial","section":"7.16","site_specific_zone":false,"summary":"Neighbourhood Commercial Zone: small neighbourhood shops and services.","fields":{"purpose":{"value":"Neighbourhood Commercial Zone: small neighbourhood shops and services.","quotes":["NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE: C-3"]},"primary_uses":{"value":["Neighbourhood convenience store","Drug and Health Supplement store","Gasoline service station","Florist shop","Video equipment, movie and game rental","Computer and electronic sales and services","Shoe, apparel/clothing store","Food and beverage store","Gift, novelty and souvenir store","Photography studio/store","Book store","Hobby / craft store","Music store","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in food service","Barber and beauty shop","Laundry and cleaner","Medical and dental clinic","Professional offices","Group day care","Automated banking machine"],"note":"Retail trade uses are subject to a 200.0 m2 gross floor area maximum.","quotes":["Neighbourhood convenience store","Drug and Health Supplement store","Gasoline service station","Florist shop","Video equipment, movie and game rental","Computer and electronic sales and services","Shoe, apparel/clothing store","Food and beverage store","Gift, novelty and souvenir store","Photography studio/store","Book store","Hobby / craft store","Music store","Eating establishment and drinking establishment, excluding drive-in","Barber and beauty shop","Laundry and cleaner","Medical and dental clinic","Professional offices","Group day care","Automated banking machine"]},"secondary_uses":{"value":["Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use","Office accessory to a permitted use","Other uses, buildings and structures accessory to a permitted use"],"quotes":["Dwelling unit accessory to a permitted use, subject to Section 7.16.6(b)","Office accessory, to a permitted use","Other uses, buildings, and structures accessory to a permitted use"]},"min_parcel_area":{"value":"929.0 m²","quotes":["The minimum parcel size in the C-3 Zone shall be 929.0 m2 in area."]},"min_parcel_width":{"value":"Front parcel line at least 30.0 m","quotes":["less than 30.0 m in length."]},"max_parcel_coverage":{"value":"50% of the parcel","quotes":["No person shall cover more than 50% of the area of a parcel in the C-3"]},"max_height":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["exceeds a height of 7.6 m"]},"max_height_accessory":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["Zone which exceeds a height of 4.5 m"]},"setback_front":{"value":"7.6 m","quotes":["A front yard less than 7.6 m"]},"setback_rear":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["A rear yard less than 6.0 m"]},"setback_side_interior":{"value":"4.5 m","quotes":["An interior side yard, less than 4.5 m"]},"setback_side_exterior":{"value":"6.0 m","quotes":["An exterior side yard less than 6.0 m"]},"accessory_setbacks":{"value":"front 7.6 m (and behind the front face of the principal building); rear 2.1 m (0.9 m where no developed rear lane exists); interior side 2.1 m (one side at least 2.7 m on an interior parcel with no developed rear lane); exterior side 4.5 m","quotes":["case shall have a front yard less than 7.6 m","A rear yard less than 2.1 m and in the case where no developed","rear yard shall be not less than 0.9 m","An interior side yard less than 2.1 m and in the case of an interior","An exterior side yard less than 4.5 m"]},"other":{"value":["No single use may exceed 418.0 m2 of gross floor area in a building or structure","Retail trade uses are limited to 200.0 m2 gross floor area","A dwelling unit must be part of the principal building","Wrecking and repair of vehicles and storage of derelict vehicles are not allowed"],"quotes":["exceeds 418.0 m2 of gross floor area","The maximum gross floor area for retail trade industries shall not exceed","200.0 m2","as an integral part of the principal building.","for the wrecking and repair of vehicles or for the storage of"]}},"bylaw":{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 3977, 2019 (consolidated to Bylaw 4258, adopted September 8, 2026)","url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/573/","accessed":"2026-11-07","note":"The City publishes the bylaw as one PDF per Part (zone text is in Parts 7.03 to 7.32; each zone's source_url is its Part). The consolidation is for convenience purposes only and is not a legal document; the original bylaws prevail. Bylaw 4161, 2024 (June 10, 2024) replaced RS with R-1 and deleted the old R-1, RD, R-2, R-3A and CD-8 sections. The Part 7.01 file on the City's site still lists the old zone names, and the deleted Parts are not posted, so those zones are not listed here."},"source_url":"https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/2019/#page=1","place":{"path":"ca/bc/cranbrook","name":"Cranbrook","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/c-3.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cranbrook/zoning/index.json"}}